21.   Rising bond yields suggest higher borrowing costs for companies, which can cut into profits.

22.   Rising bond yields were seen by investors as hurting their profit margins and weakening demand for consumer loans and mortgages.

23.   Rising bond yields could weigh on stocks.

24.   Rising bond yields offset the advance, spurring losses in Chase Manhattan Corp. and other financial companies.

25.   Rising bond yields -- a gauge of where investors see rates heading -- hurt stocks by curbing optimism that interest rates will fall soon.

26.   Rising bond yields can presage accelerating inflation, which leads traders and investors to buy gold as a hedge against higher prices.

27.   Rising bond yields dragged down shares of banks like Citicorp, whose profit margins tend to shrink when interest rates climb.

28.   Rising bond yields made the dividends of oil companies relatively less attractive, traders said.

29.   Rising bond yields have lifted rates on everything from auto loans to home mortgages.

30.   Rising bond yields reflect expectations the economy is growing fast enough to accelerate inflation and push interest rates higher.